Welcome to the 13th version of the Degen PRO Report.
What a week, degen.
Our Degen PRO Discord chat was on fire the past few days - PRO members aping Binance memes (for better or worse), and I even dropped our first Degen Signal in weeks.
We also wrapped up the Degen Podcast after a 15-episode heater featuring some of crypto Twitter’s brightest trench diggers. I’ll be appearing more often on the Milk Road Daily Show going forward, but don’t worry - this newsletter isn’t changing.
Alright, enough personal banter.
(Give me the alpha, LG! - you, probably.)
🧠 VIBECHECK
I told you weeks ago there were too many metas - and somehow we’ve added more.
You know we’re near the top when it feels like you don’t have enough capital to chase every shiny new ticker. I thought the Binance meta was cooling off… but it ended up replacing Punk Strategy as the week’s top trend.
At least a dozen Binance memes cracked $20M caps, and maybe 5-6 hit $100M+, with half the names written in Chinese. Then floors completely nuked on Wednesday night, followed by a broader market pullback Thursday. Still, some traders made out like bandits.
Outside of that, it’s hard to pick your lane.
The nerd in me wants NFTs and Pokémon RWAs.
The bull in me wants prediction markets.
The veteran in me wants to just farm Hyperliquid airdrops.
Too many metas, not enough hours.
📚 WEEKLY RESEARCH
New Virtuals system
I long thought Virtuals needed a strong “3rd act” before the cycle wrapped, and it looks like they’ve found it.
Inspired by $PNKSTR, the new model swaps Genesis points for a decaying buy tax: high at launch, then tapering off as price discovery unfolds.
The idea is simple: snipers get punished, early chaos funds the team, and volatility gets redirected into liquidity.
The Unicorn launchpad’s 99% > 1% buy tax fuels buybacks, creating scarcity for early buyers and smoother entry for late ones.
My only hesitation: how many legit AI teams are even left to launch? If a project hasn’t shipped yet, what’s the holdup? Always worth tracking, but I’m a little skeptical of what’s still in the pipeline. And is it really that great of a system?
Shout out to Graeme for the excellent graphic.
Privacy token meta?
This one felt boring… until it wasn’t.
The privacy meta suddenly caught fire, led by Ansem and Mert pumping $ZEC, which spilled over into $VEIL (Tornado Cash on Base) and $RAIL (onchain transaction shields).
Those last 2 are both up about 200% this week - and when something pumps while everything else dumps, you pay attention. I bought 2 tickers in this meta, shared below.
💼 DEGEN TRADES
Spot trades
- 🟢 $USELESS: Holding. One of our OG PRO Signals - and it’s finally paying off. $USELESS ripped back to $400M ATH this week. This token has quietly become a cornerstone of the new meme economy, combining absurd branding with sharp execution. I’m laddering out targets: $500M > $700M > $900M (moonbag).
- 🟢 $REKT: Bought. The big dog of the NFT-turned-token world. After months of bleeding, it finally looks like OSF is back in build mode, and sentiment is starting to shift. Down roughly 50% from its ATH, $REKT feels like one of the cleaner brand-reversal trades in the ecosystem. The brand equity is still massive, and they’ve quietly built a loyal user base. A patient hold here could pay nicely.
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WHAT’S LEFT INSIDE? 👀
- A major NFT brand hints at a reversal play
- A fresh Base project stirs early interest
- An older meme token regains attention
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